GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for Beach Info http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ 2008-05-12T14:01:05-04:00 http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ http://www.glin.net/news/rss.gif text/html 2008-05-12T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.mlive.com/news/bctimes/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1210605309104260.xml&coll=4 There's a backlog of 47 permit applications at the DEQ office in Bay City. Many property owners applied for their permits early, so they'd be able to start cleaning in the spring - and get ready for beach muck, or dead algae, that's been piling up more and more in recent summers. text/html 2008-05-07T08:05:50-04:00 http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/05/south_haven_moving_to_prevent.html Jumping from piers -- which are owned, operated and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers -- is illegal. New city ordinances are boosting this enforcement to protect people from strong rip currents near the piers. text/html 2008-04-22T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.michigansthumb.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19503296&BRD=2292&PAG=461&dept_id=476228&rfi=6 U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, MI-10, voted Wednesday in support of the BEACH Protection Act. The legislation -- HR 2537 -- would reauthorize the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act that was enacted in 2000. text/html 2008-04-18T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-14/120852991516580.xml&coll=8 Picking up trash other people leave on Great Lakes beaches is a dirty job, but thousands of volunteers do it every year. text/html 2008-04-03T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.mlive.com/news/bctimes/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1207235714242370.xml&coll=4 Saginaw Bay isn't impaired by algae, the state Department of Environmental Quality has decided. text/html 2008-04-02T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/873065,CST-NWS-fbi02-web.article The FBI has suspended shooting at a portion of its North Chicago shooting range after nearly 40 spent bullets and fragments were found in a nearby beach and park -- including under a children's swing set. text/html 2008-03-17T08:05:50-04:00 http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2008/03/pierjumping_fines_legislation.html A state Senate bill that would have fined people who jump off piers, breakwaters and other similar structures in the Great Lakes has failed to make it out of a House committee. text/html 2008-03-14T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.post-trib.com/news/neighbors/840822,beach.article Representatives from various Gary, Ind., agencies took note as neighborhood residents revealed the seedier side of the beach environment. text/html 2008-03-13T08:05:50-04:00 http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080313/METRO/803130406/1409/METRO A legal battle could determine whether Michigan will retain control of Warren Woods State Park and part of Warren Dunes State Park along Lake Michigan. text/html 2008-03-13T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.mlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2008/03/another_committee_wont_help_cl.html Michigan officials have announced the creation of a committee to look at voluntary measures to limit phosphorus inputs in the Saginaw Bay, though some are calling for more immediate action.